Are you a secret Mumsnetter?

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Does your family/friends/colleagues know you’re on here?

Do you sometimes find yourself bringing up topics into conversation that you’ve read on MN?

Have you ever “caught” anyone on MN in public, or have been “caught” yourself?

Anyone on here who you think you actually would like to be friends with, based purely on something they’ve posted about or commented on?

I’d like to meet The Sistine Chapel Wailer 😆… I think!

Love this although some of the absolute nonsense on here is definitely not Radio 4 worthy! 😂

No one knows I post on and read Mumsnet. I am childless and tbh I think my friends would find it odd if I said I did.

One of my posts a long time ago (under a different name) got picked up by the Daily Mail which was mortifying but I never got caught by anyone I know!

I openly chat to my partner about it.
My kids roll their eyes.
My sister hates it and views it much the same way as tattle.

My sister is on here and knows I am but I don't know if she posts or just reads.

But she always talks openly about mumsnet to people and I cringe because I don't want people to know I'm on here.

Can I derail and ask how you change your username please? I have an android so maybe that's why I can't figure it out ( I see a few issues mentioned with android)

DH knows I'm on MN but not my name. I am not born in the UK so find lots of inside info of life in the UK. I don't tell anyone in RL, also strongly against the DM if asked, but do read it as it seems to have news first/early, whether it's accurate or not.

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I'm a secret mumsnetter - well except for my husband! I'd love to know if my friends/sisters are on here! I would never ask them though...

I really discovered it when I had my baby, I think everyone probably does it this way right? You Google a problem you're having and a mumsnet post comes up, you click on it and it's REALLY insightful and honest (bar the usual passive aggressive posters) and then you go back to Google and find another mumsnet post on the same thing! You're thinking wow this forum is quite handy. Next thing you know you've click the download the app pop up and within 2 days, you're addicted!

My family know im here. But I have various different names for different things, change little details etc.
I've mentioned it a few times but usually under the "oh I saw online" type thing.

Yeah I'm quite out about it with mixed reactions! Occasionally friends will ask me if I've seen particular threads...so I know they're here too but don't confess!

I occasionally mention it in passing
I assume some people I know are on here but it's never come up
And my user name is my nickname so I guess I'm easily outed

I am! None of my friends or family know I'm on here, not sure if any of them are though.
I'm pretty confident I've never been recognised on here but I wouldn't know unless anyone asked me,

My DC know & use it as a counter-argument regarding screen time ('how long do YOU spend on MN?').

No-one else, I'd sometimes mention seeing something on a 'forum'. Like another poster, MN is undoubtedly a waste of my time mostly, but is an easy way to forget about real life for a while. And every so often I see a great thread that resonates or is helpful in a practical way.

My husband and children know and yes they take the piss😂 Actual friends I am not so sure about. Friend who recently had a baby said she is addicted…I did laugh because she is the last person I would expect on MN !

Does your family/friends/colleagues know you’re on here?
No they would think I was a right loser

Do you sometimes find yourself bringing up topics into conversation that you’ve read on MN?
No soon as I shut the app down I forget the threads

Have you ever “caught” anyone on MN in public, or have been “caught” yourself?
No

Anyone on here who you think you actually would like to be friends with, based purely on something they’ve posted about or commented on?
No because I don't recognise anyone's name ever

The first rule of Mumsnet is that we don't talk about Mumsnet.

I don't say I'm on MN, I call it my forum.
I don't want my family joining and trying to find me, my dsis's definitely would look for me.
I don't write op's but do reply and I've given away a lot of info about myself and where I live so I'd be easily recognisable.

DH knows, but not my (frequently changed) user name.

I am almost certain that a good friend at work is on here because she will often bring up things that are topical.

I suspect DSIL is on here after a couple of Christmases where I got her and her kids things that were suggested in the Christmas threads 😂She sort of looked at me funny, seemed about to say something, and then didn’t.

Who would I like to be friends with from MN? Most of the lovely people from reastie and sideorderofchips Christmas bargain threads. And xenia - I always look forward to her posts but haven’t seen any for months!

Nah... just reply you're using it for parenting research

And boarding schools....

Oh, and twice I have ended up with threads in the Daily Fail, but fortunately both times I had changed enough detail to get away with it. However with one (property related) my father phoned me up and read it out to me “to let me know others were in the same position” 😅

This reminds me - about 10 years ago, there was a particular scarf that loads of people on here were buying. It became known as "the Mumsnet scarf" and kind of a secret signal to other Mumsnetters!

Secret MN 🙋🏻‍♀️ not really a secret just never told anyone or mentioned it. I got bored of Facebook but whilst I was still on it MN kept popping up so I’d have a read and tbh it was peoples stupidity that got me hooked.

I never admit it to other parents, but am weirdly proud of my MN use when the holier than thou men ay work start bitching about the MN TERFS.

No not a secret, my DP is always saying are you on mumsnet again, to be honest l always say yes when I'm not 😂. My adult DS always says asks mumsnet and once randomly got involved with a thread about dungeon and dragon's 😂 my life not that interesting and now the teenage dramas over l don't think anyone could identify me, but if they did l wouldn't care.

Nah... just reply you're using it for parenting research
I think I've probably demonstrated all too well to them that that is not the case 😂